Description:
The complex and diverse nature of these perinatal events necessitates that perinatal research meetings themselves be interdisciplinary in nature, bringing together clinicians, as well as applied and basic scientists in various disciplines, and from agricultural and biomedical fields.

The 2019 Aspen-Snowmass Perinatal Biology Symposium, which is the 8th in a series has the overarching theme of the development of healthy offspring and whether there are common mechanisms that determine the long-term consequences of compromised development. This Symposium will bring together clinicians and scientists, established senior and junior investigators, from clinical medicine, basic research and applied livestock production, and from around the world to report and discuss their findings in an atmosphere conducive to frank yet amicable exchange. This will occur across all levels via plenary sessions, poster sessions, trainee workshops, and informal discussions, with time dedicated to presentations by and recognition of trainees and early career investigators.